[MD] S/O and Morality

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Platt]
> "Nationalistic blindness" or "national defense" are debatable viewpoints.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Another fine example of the moronic rhetoric this thread began by condemning.

Same to you, pal.
 
> Your rhetorical association between "nationalistic blindness" and 
> "national defense", as if the two are merely two viewpoints on one 
> approach, is not only outrageous, but when said in response to 
> everything I had written shows only the blatant distortion wielded by 
> those who attempt to use social-level talk-radio rhetoric to attack 
> and break down any reasonable dialogue.

A moronic assertion.

> 
> "National defense", the use of force, as I had said, is a legitimate 
> response to aggressive force. And should be deployed not out of 
> nationalistic pride, but out of the reasoned knowledge that such 
> force is the best option to meet the threat at hand.

If you have no national pride, why defend yourself?

> Alongside this moral use of force, however, must be the continuing 
> understanding of how this threat originated, and what other options, 
> in addition to moral force, may be required to not only stop the 
> present threat but minimize the potential for similar future threats. 
> So long as our only approach is "kill em like germs", while we keep 
> contributing to the foundation for more and more germs, we will 
> always have nothing but a unwinnable, reactionary position. As I 
> said, it is not enough to meet future Hitler's with aggressive force, 
> we must see our role in Hitler's rise, admit to it, learn from it, 
> and move forward with different actions than we have in the past.

> We can take great pride in our defeat of Hitler, but until we 
> recognize and admit that Henry Ford is emblematic of the historical 
> foundation that created Hitler's power in the first place our victory 
> is only partial.

What nonsense. Now Hitler's rise was our fault. And I suppose we deserved
to get hit by Islamic radicals.  Speaking of morons . . .







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